Three very unusual earthquakes occurred this morning in the Eastern U.S.
- a Ml 2.5 in Oklahoma; a Ml 3.6 in Eastern Missouri and a Ml 3.0 off the
- south shore of New England in the Atlantic Ocean.

Anyone care to venture a guess as to why these all occurred within 4 hours
Of each other - happenstance or something else at work here?

I'll start the speculation off - These all lie about 60 degrees distant
From 20S 70W, a region of Chile/Peru which has seen several moderate
sized earthquakes in the past two days. Is something bigger on the horizon?
Is there another position such as they Ryukyu Islands which might be a triggering locale? Question for the sensitives on this board - What
Does all this mean, if anything?

Following are the Parameters of these events:

OKLAHOMA

O: 12MAR2002 10:52:04 34.3N 97.6W LG=2.5 NEI OKLAHOMA
O: 12MAR2002 10:52:04 34.3N 97.6W ML=2.5 CERI NNW of Cornish, OK

Note: This earthquake occurred at a distance (108 degrees) and area where
FFA from Hindu Kush were expected. This is the largest earthquake
listed in Oklahoma by CERI since a similar event of Ml 2.6 on Jan. 25, 2002.

Source:

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html

MISSOURI

O: 12MAR2002 08:30:47 37.1N 90.0W LG=3.6 NEI EASTERN MISSOURI
O: 12MAR2002 08:30:47 37.1N 90.0W ML=3.6 CERI WNW of Advance, MO

Note: This is the largest earthquake in Missouri since Oct. 20, 1999
When a Ml 2.9 occurred near this epicenter.

Source:

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html

ATLANTIC OCEAN

O: 12MAR2002 07:13:22 41.2N 69.1W MN=3.0 GSC ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Note: This is a highly unusual event. NO earthquakes have ever
been located within 50 km of this epicenter.

Source:

http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/recent_canadian_eq/recent_canadian_eq_e.html